"The final 50,000 yuan year-end bonus is for Guo Yun. I think everyone should understand what she did... This is what the lead artist of Ximilu Studio deserves this year."
"How can I take so much? Should I share more with everyone or..."
Guo Yun felt very embarrassed that one person took away most of the year-end bonus.
"If you want to treat others to a meal, that's fine, but as a startup team making games, we must be clear about rewards and punishments."
Mei Fang put her hands on Guo Yun's shoulders and told her seriously, "You are the only artist in the entire company. You are the only one who is now handling the scenes, characters, and UI icon resources. Even if others don't understand how hard you work, I, who am in contact with you, naturally know it very well..."
Art is the skin of a game, but it is more than just the skin. Good art is not only about beautiful paintings, but also about forming its own artistic style, which is similar to the shaping of the soul.
The unique artistic style can not only attract the players' attention, but also make the work more stylish and artistic in packaging. Even the products of the entire company will be polished around such an artistic style to form its own brand cultural value.
The works of this kind of team with a unique artistic style are often highly recognizable in the market, such as ATLUS, whose representative works include "Mimi Tensei" and "Persona" series, and Supergaint, whose representative works include "Hades", "Transistor" and "Bastion".
The works of these development teams are often recognizable at a glance and have a high brand value effect.
This is what is called "It is easy to get an army, but difficult to get a good leader."
Cultivating Guo Yun was the most important career path for Mei Fang when he was in junior high school. Naturally, he attached great importance to and respected Guo Yun.
If the entire team's characters are a card drawing game, the others besides the three little ones may be common R cards or SR cards.
But Guo Yun is a genuine rainbow-colored SSR, an unexpected surprise discovered by Mei Fang during his student days.
During the docking process, Mei Fang discovered that Guo Yun was not only an all-round artist, but was also gradually exploring her own unique artistic style. This time, the new work of Ximilu Studio was tailor-made for her.
More importantly, Guo Yun is talented but not arrogant. She has no complaints about the demanding demands made by Mei Fang and only works hard to complete the task to the extent that satisfies Mei Fang.
Therefore, her loyalty to the team and herself is extremely important. In order to keep her heart, Mei Fang will naturally give her the best treatment.
Guo Yun had never spoken to Mei Fang at such a close distance before, so naturally her face turned red when she looked at him like this.
She mumbled and stammered for a long time, and finally dared to raise her head and look directly into Mei Fang's eyes, then smiled and said:
"I will work hard on my new work... I will definitely not let you down, Mei Fang... and everyone else's expectations."
Guo Yun returned to her seat amidst everyone's applause. Mei Fang took advantage of the fact that the time in the private room was almost up to speak to everyone again. This time her words were gentler and more encouraging, and she recognized everyone's efforts last year.
In addition, Mei Fang also reminded everyone not to disclose the money to their parents easily, and it is best to open an account and save it in your own account.
If the situation at home is bad, you can come to me or Yuanyuan to discuss it. It would be more appropriate to pay the money in the name of borrowing money.
On the one hand, parents are worried that it will affect their studies, and on the other hand, they don’t want their gaming habits to be exposed too early. Once exposed, the three of them will basically have to say goodbye to ordinary high school life.
After the visual impact of 80,000 yuan in cash and Boss Mei's various PUAs, the entire group now shows unity as one.
Everyone no longer viewed making games as a dream they had pursued during their student days, but rather a dream related to their future career planning. Even Zhang Ming began to seriously consider quitting the science experimental class, wanting to free up time to assist Mei Fang in writing planning proposals and learning how to match tables.
After the party, the three children of Mei Youyuan said goodbye to everyone one by one. It was already past dinner time, and the three of them had told their families not to go home for dinner, and instead went shopping together in the night market streets of Baimei County.
The three of them were walking on the road while chatting about random topics.
Lin Youxi was not very active in the KTV. She never liked crowded scenes. She was just forced to open the business because of Mei Fang, so she talked a lot more at this time.
"Come to think of it, Ah Fang hasn't given any dividends to me and Yuanyuan yet..."
"Yes! Where are our dividends?" Xia Yuan held Mei Fang's arm and swayed, "Ah Fang, you are not completely unprepared, are you? I think the words you said about Guo Yun's dividends did not seem to be thought up on the spur of the moment. Obviously, you prepared the manuscript in advance, right?"
Mei Fang scratched his head and said, "When I asked you guys if you wanted any before, didn't you tell me no? It's not too late to tell me now. How much do you want?"
Xia Yuan was a little angry after hearing this, "Do Youxi and I look like the kind of people who want this kind of dividend?"
"So what do you two want?"
"We have been childhood sweethearts for so many years, you should know what we both want!"
"Because you two wanted so much, I was a little undecided... So, I finally prepared this."
Mei Fang took out two small cards from the lining of his coat and handed one to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi respectively.
"This is—"
After reading the contents of the card, Xia Yuan was super excited: "A wish voucher that can make any wish come true? We have made many of these before. Ah Fang, you are so childish, hahahaha!"
"How is it possible that every wish can come true? Look at the back."
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi looked at the contents on the back.
[Only high school students can achieve this wish. The final right of interpretation belongs to Mei Fang]
Lin Youxi shook her head. "The final right of interpretation belongs to you. So what can be done? Isn't it you who has the final say?"
"It's true that I have the final say... but it's just a wish ticket after all."
Mei Fang smiled slightly and said, "So, I can relax the standards of this wish a little bit..."
“How many points is a little bit?”
"Well... it depends."
Lin Youxi smiled slightly, "Then can I use it now?"
"Are you in such a hurry? That's fine... Tell me, what do you want?"
"In that case."
Lin Youxi returned the wish voucher she had just received to Mei Fang: "I want you to book a hotel room so that we can sleep together in the hotel tonight."
Lin Youxi said, "Remember to book a king-size bed room."
"… "
"ah."
“Hey hey hey!!!”
Xia Yuan was frightened by Lin Youxi's actions and quickly shook Mei Fang around.
"Afang, is this okay? Would you agree?"
"Um… "
Now that Mei Fang is over 16 years old, she is allowed to rent a room.
He asked Lin Youxi, "You mean just lying in bed and sleeping? Not doing anything?"
"Of course, we are still high school students and we will focus on our studies."
Lin Youxi smiled and said, "My family has been in turmoil lately. I just want a quiet place to review my lessons."
"Well... okay. I'll try to hide it from my family... Oh, you can say that you stayed up all night at the Internet cafe with Zhang Ming. But how are you going to explain it? I'm not responsible for helping you deal with Uncle Lin."
"I just said I was going to spend the night at Yuanyuan's house. I'm an adult now, and my dad trusts me very much and won't track me down."
"Wait a minute! How did you two arrange this on your own?"
Xia Yuan pulled Mei Fang close to him, and then stuffed the wish ticket into Mei Fang's hand, "I still have a lot of homework to do, I want to do it with you too."
Mei Fang knew that Xia Yuan would not stand here and watch, so he just turned around and looked at Lin Youxi.
"Youxi, what do you say? Are you willing to..."
Mei Fang wanted to pass the blame to Lin Youxi. If she said she didn't want to, Xia Yuan would be unhappy, and everyone would consider other wishes.
But if she is willing, the responsibility of keeping balance will be on Youxi. I, Mei Fang, am not the kind of person who wants to have girls on both sides. The responsibility does not lie with Mei Fang.
But Lin Youxi shook her head and smiled:
"I won't offer any opinions. You make the decision, Afang."
"Hey... you gave me the wish ticket, why don't you tell me what you think—"
Lin Youxi put her finger over Mei Fang's mouth and said, "Don't forget, Mei Fang has the final right of interpretation. The responsibility lies entirely with Mei Fang."
"I-"
Xia Yuan felt a little aggrieved when she saw that Mei Fang was unable to make a decision.
"If Ah Fang doesn't want to, then forget it... I'll think of something else-"
"Oh... Yuanyuan, don't be like this. I didn't say I didn't want to. I'm just embarrassed."
I can't stand our relationship being wronged...
Mei Fang put his arm around Xia Yuan's shoulder and soothed her, "Go ahead, let's go together... I'll go get a room. Oh, if we get caught... Never mind, I'll die anyway, and I'll be the one to die in the end, so everyone must be expecting me to die well."
After hearing this, Xia Yuan quickly covered Mei Fang's mouth and gently warned him:
"It's New Year's Day, you can't talk nonsense, do you hear me?"
Mei Fang nodded.
"Wait a minute, I'll wipe your mouth."
Xia Yuan kept scratching Mei Fang's lips with his hands, and smacking his lips non-stop, licking his lips from time to time. All kinds of scary things vaguely emerged in his eyes, which made Mei Fang shudder.
Hey, this year-end dividend is a bit...
At the beginning of 2012, Mei Fang was facing the most terrifying and severe test since his rebirth.
No more today! I'm at home, having dinner with guests.
(End of this chapter)